Blade: The Slayer Is Dead, But There’s Hope!

by Trevor Kimball, October 4, 2006

After some speculation, it has been confirmed that the original Blade TV series (based on the Marvel comic series and hit trilogy of movies starring Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson) has indeed been cancelled, unfortunately leaving fans with a cliffhanger.

A representative for Spike TV confirmed that the Kirk ‘Sticky Fingaz’ Jones action series has indeed been cancelled and won’t be renewed for a second season. The network is said to have been very happy with the cast and overall production but that the audience and ratings just were not as large as they’d hoped. The show started off with 2.5 million viewers but, by the September 13, 2006 finale, viewership had dropped to less than a million. End of story? Maybe not.

Though there weren’t enough fans for Spike TV’s liking, New Line (who produced the show) still believes in the show and reportedly would like to see it continue. Actor Neil Jackson (better known as Marcus Van Sciver on Blade) has said that New Line is currently looking for a new home for the series.

The 12-episode series has yet to be shown overseas or to be produced on DVD. Both are currently in the works and Neil thinks that, if the series does well in these areas, it could help bring about a second season. TV fans will remember that phenomenal DVD sales brought about the return of the Family Guy animated series and inspired the short-lived Joss Whedon Firefly series to return as a film.

Will the half human/half immortal vampire slayer and his allies return to the small screen? Time will tell. I’ll keep you posted on new developments so, stay tuned!

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Every few weeks / months, I scour the web in search of hope that someone somewhere will make is their definite purpose to bring this show back, and make a next season (and then a next, and a next, and a next). I don’t mind if Jill continues in Stargate and keeps her Blade job at the same time!!! If Starbuck can do it in Bionic woman… why not??!?!

This series has only just finished showing in the UK on Virgin1 and i missed the last episode, will definitely get it on DVD, it is a brilliant series and I’ve already recommended it to all my friends and i know id watch the second series with high content. Bring back blade! You can’t really cancel it before every other country has seen it. Like lestst1684 said maybe the sales of the DVD and high viewers will bring it back?

Insomniac me was flipping through tv channels last night at 3:00am and came across SpikeTV playing the first episode of Blade the series. Reminded me of how addictive this show was and how pissed I was when it was cancelled. Any word yet on it being picked up be someone else?

I have only just found out about Blade the Series as I live in England it was never shown here, I’ve managed to watch the first season upto Episode 8 online and all I can say is it is a hell of alot better than the rest of the junk coming from US that’s being aired on English Cable and I’m actually very annoyed we weren’t given the option over here to see Blade, England loves Blade and would have insured great viewing rates if it was shown over here. And for the record Buffy the Vampire Slayer had much… Read more »

Yea, i really hope the DVD sales go well and the series will be back for a second season. it is the bset show on tv. Spike tv made a dumb move by not putting it on nomore. the series focusing on other things and other promblems. and not on blade so much. i liked the movies too.

Wow! Blade seems to have lived up to the hype of its movies. Those bird brains at Spike are punks and dont know good tv even if it slapped them in the face. Why cancel it at a CLIFFHANGER you morons? Blade seems to be doing well in every country that it has been shown including here in the UK. I hope the other networks can restart the most awesome program ever to hit tv since the Shield (are you listening New Line?)

series sucked. bad actors. Sticky cant act for sh*t, not even a natural martial artist like Snipes, who’s trained for yrs. And the Mercury girl? Jesus christ, where did they find this disaster of an “actress.” best show my ass. you want quality acting and dialog, and story? watch: Jericho, Life, Heroes. and corny but charmed-SG Atlantis. And of course the grittiest, BSG. Bionic Woman, despite being produced by producer of BSG, David Eick, horrible acting, sh*tty stroy line. They shoul increase Will Yun’s role. Sackhoff absolutely grew as an actress. In fact she should have been the Bionic, not… Read more »

I just watched the Blade: The Series marathon again and it was great. Have been involved with selling a house and transferring the past several months, so it was great to catch all the action and get that RUSH back. Thought it had been cancelled, but was hoping I was mistaken. Didn’t think the series would be as engrossing as the movies, but was glad to be proven wrong. Now that I’ve seen the marathon…I HAVE THE THIRST AGAIN!! I wanted to “Powers That Be” to know that when/ if they make the call to bring back the series, I’ll… Read more »

I still can´t believe this. I has been shown on german television as well. Today the last episode was shown on tv. The german television channel pro 7 had enormously high amout of viewers with blade and were very satisfied. (according to the last news …) I even heard, that Blade is doing in Great Britain well too. Maybe it´s gonna help the series finally finding a new home and us getting a second season. Over here there are a lot crowd of fans as well – they can´t believe, that it has been cancelled after the first season. I´m… Read more »

How rude! When I first heard that they were bringing blade to the small screen, I did not think that they were going to pull off a great job. I loved the movies and after watching the first episode, it was hook, line and sinker! I could not wait until the next episode. I was aware that the series was a summer series and looked forward to seeing next seasons episodes only to discover the series cancelled. I enjoyed the clever repartee and the action. I was also very happy to see a return of a horror/drama vampire series to… Read more »